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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2010.0324 New mahara packages fix sql injection 7 April 2010 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: mahara Publisher: Debian Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Debian GNU/Linux 5 Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2010-0400 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2030 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running mahara check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2030-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde April 6th, 2010 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mahara Vulnerability : sql injection Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no Debian bug : none CVE ID : CVE-2010-0400 It was discovered that mahara, an electronic portfolio, weblog, and resume builder is not properly escaping input when generating a unique username based on a remote user name from a single sign-on application. An attacker can use this to compromise the mahara database via crafted user names. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-4+lenny5. For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your mahara packages. Upgrade instructions - - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny - - -------------------------------- Debian (stable) - - --------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara_1.0.4-4+lenny5.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 40648 cd057351de5462d5e1df2d75bf3f2247 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara_1.0.4-4+lenny5.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 1304 e87fa2a0e67a71eef479be5a5da65894 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara_1.0.4.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 2383079 cf1158e4fe3cdba14fb1b71657bf8cc9 Architecture independent packages: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara-apache2_1.0.4-4+lenny5_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 8106 5b0910999a1bfdfbce8740219d9549dc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara_1.0.4-4+lenny5_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1662742 289da5fba44237ff1c17a462cb6cd9f7 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAku7gOQACgkQHYflSXNkfP/s9ACfWLS6O+LVnRo184+hB48h+Gsz S2oAn2QWYAIZWX44LijI3gF3AYkBqstJ =IiCK - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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